by Keith Gisser, project manager, Harness Horse Youth Foundation

Westfield, IN — Representatives of three of the Harness Horse Youth Foundation’s summer camps will be racing at the Meadowlands on Hambletonian Day (August 6), piloting Trottingbreds in an exhibition race, while being assisted by professional drivers Yannick Gingras, Andy Miller and Tim Tetrick.

Olivia Marshall, age 12, Stephanie Detwiler, age 14, and Alicia Andreano, age 13, will be competing at the Meadowlands. Marshall, of Munnsville, N.Y., is representing the Vernon Downs camp; Detwiler, of Lancaster, Pa., is representing the Pocono Downs camp; and Andreano, of Monroe Township, N.J., represents the Gaitway Farms camp which just concluded July 30.

The exhibition race, at a half-mile, the standard Trottingbred distance, is slated for just after 11 a.m. on Hambletonian Day.

Here is the field:

PP-Horse-Driver-Driver Age-Assistant Driver
1-Royal Attire-Alicia Andreano-13-Tim Tetrick
2-Jandi Tuff As Sky-Stephanie Detwiler-14-Andy Miller
3-CD’s Miss M-Olivia Marshall-12-Yannick Gingras

The Harness Horse Youth Foundation is a charitable 501(c)3 organization dedicated to providing young people and their families educational opportunities with harness horses, in order to foster the next generation of participants and fans.

The Foundation has been making a difference in young people’s lives since 1976, and its programs include interactive learning experiences with these versatile animals, scholarship programs, and creation and distribution of educational materials.

For more information on opportunities through HHYF, or to support its mission, go to www.hhyf.org or contact Ellen Taylor at ellen@hhyf.org, or 317.908.0229.